Technology Foresight Forum 2010

Mr. Richard Youngman

Managing Director Europe & VP, Global Research - Richard Youngman

Richard Youngman is responsible for the Cleantech Group’s global research subscription offering, as well as driving the growth of the group's activities in Europe and Israel. He is based in the Cleantech Group’s office in London.

Richard has more than five years experience researching cleantech innovation, venture capital markets, and start-ups across Europe and Globally. He is a regular keynote speaker at major cleantech events and is the driving force behind the annual Global Cleantech 100, a list of the World's most promising private cleantech companies, and authors periodic reports, such as The Rise of the Corporation in Cleantech.

Most recently, he was Vice President of Research & Operations at Library House, where he ran the Library House Research team, which discovered and collected the information about high-growth companies that underpinned that company's data, analytical, and event services. Before Library House, Richard ran his own advisory firm conducting research and consulting on the measurement and evaluation of intangible assets and intellectual capital for organizations such as the European Commission. This followed nine years building a broad-based finance and research background with leading financial institutions such as ABN AMRO, Barclays Capital and BZW in the City of London. His work was centered on the debt markets and revolved around financing M&A deals and advising clients on achieving alignment between their financial and strategic plans. Richard has an MA from Cambridge University, and an MBA from Theseus International Management Institute, Sophia Antipolis, France.